New Blog 1: Psion Beta

Thursday 18 October 2012

Psion Beta

The Psion series is a series of young adult fiction books by Jacob Gowans. It currently consists of two novels, although Gowans has indicated he will release the third novel in winter of 2012-2013 with two more novels expected to finish the seriesThe series begins in the year 2085 and goes into 2086, set in a futuristic world where two super-governments (the New World Government and the Continental American Government) compete for global power through the "Silent War" consisting of censored warfare between government agents. The New World Government (NWG) was initially established for the whole world after the devastating pandemic named the Scourge wiped out 4 billion people, but the America's eventually seceded and became the Continental American Government (CAG). Genetic anomalies arise from the worldwide Scourge several years later. These anomalies, numbered in chronological order, provide abnormal characteristics that can physically and or mentally strengthen those with them. The genetic anomalies have led to the formation of corps of highly-trained operatives that are central to the struggle for both the NWG and the CAG. The series' central character, Samuel "Sammy" Harris Berhane Jr., grew up in South Africa and has Anomaly 11 and 14. Anomaly 11 giving him the ability to process, store, and use information at high-rates and anomaly 14 giving him the abilities of a Psion. The series follows the struggles he faced as an unguided youth, training at Beta Headquarters with friends, and subsequent missions and gruesome combat.